Tortilla Crusted Fish

My husband and son are big fans of fish. I know how good it is for you, I just haven’t been able to get on board with liking it. Every time my husband orders it out I try his, hoping this will be the time I like it. I finally like shrimp, so it only seems like a matter of time before fish follows, right?

Well, I finally decided to suck it up and just make it at home for the guys. Mild, white fish, like Cod or Tilapia have always been borderline for me. I don’t strongly dislike them, but I don’t really enjoy them either. So Tilapia seemed like a good place to start. I like tortilla chips and Mexican spices, so I used that as a coating, and baked it. When I told my 8 year old we were having tortilla crusted fish for dinner, he was not excited. Then I explained that was just fish with crushed tortilla chips on it. He got a lot more excited.

This tortilla crusted fish was super easy to make on a weeknight. You make it similar to you would chicken tenders. Dust each filet in flour, dip in egg wash, and then press into the tortilla chip mixture. The Tilapia filets I used were pretty thin, so they baked in less than 15 minutes. Cod, Halibut, Flounder or even Haddock would all work really well with this recipe.

Tortilla Crusted Fish

Ingredients

1½ cup crushed tortilla chips

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp black pepper

½ tsp salt

½ tsp ground cumin

1 tsp onion powder

4 Tilipia filets (or other white fish)

1 egg white

3 Tbls water

? cup flour

Lime Wedges for serving

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a bowl mix together tortilla chips with all of the seasonings. Whisk together the egg white and water in a separate bowl. Place the flour in a third bowl.

Dredge 1 filet in the flour, dust off any extra. Run the filet through the egg white. Press into the tortilla chip mixture, to evenly coat.

Place on a baking sheet lined with foil. Repeat with the other filets.

Bake for 12-14 minutes until fully cooked. The fish will be white and flaky.